President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said that Afghanistan’s economy is now linked with other Asian economies and that the implementation of a number of major projects, such as CASA-1000 and TAPI, will help promote the international community’s trust in Afghanistan.

The CASA-1000 project is a $1.16 billion USD project currently under construction that will allow for the export of surplus hydroelectricity from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan and Afghanistan, while the TAPI project aims to export up to 33 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year through a proposed 1,814-kilometer pipeline from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

Representatives from 29 countries and donor organizations attended the meeting and were briefed on a number of issues involving Afghanistan’s affairs.

In this episode of Farakhabar, host Fawad Aman discusses the topic with the following guests:

•          Ajmal Abdul Rahimzai, finance minister’s spokesman 

•          Shah Gul Rezaie, an MP